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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mami tell Anita and Carla to make them feel better?
(a) Life will be better.
(b) They will be back together soon.
(c) Carla can come back to visit.
(d) She tells them nothing, as she does not want to give them false hope.

2. What aspects of her country and of the United States does Anita compare?.
(a) Freedoms.
(b) Elections.
(c) Foods.
(d) Religions.

3. Who is the other person who comes into the classroom?
(a) Anita's mother.
(b) The new boy's father.
(c) The new boy's mother.
(d) Carla's mother.

4. What are Carla and her siblings allowed to take?
(a) One item.
(b) Three sets of clothing.
(c) Only what they are wearing.
(d) A small valise each.

5. What is decided about Susie's birthday?
(a) To have a very low-key celebration.
(b) To have a celebration just for family.
(c) To have a huge party.
(d) To have a joint celebration for Lucinda and Susie.

6. What time of year is it when the novel opens?
(a) Easter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Almost Thanksgiving.

7. What is one topic Anita and her mother discuss?
(a) Anita's mother's pregnancy and her upcoming new sibling.
(b) Anita going to live with her grandparents.
(c) What is happening with the family.
(d) Anita going to live with her cousin's family.

8. What worries Anita?
(a) That the men will hurt her mother.
(b) That they are going to go to prison.
(c) That their father will be killed.
(d) That her cousins will not have gotten out of the country yet.

9. Who is Chucha?
(a) Anita's older sister.
(b) Carla's great-grandmother.
(c) An old woman who was the family's nursemaid.
(d) Anita's dog.

10. Where does Chucha sleep?
(a) Wherever there is space.
(b) On a narrow cot.
(c) On a pallet on the floor.
(d) In her coffin.

11. Why does Anita go to her uncle's house?
(a) To see if he has secretly returned.
(b) To feed his cat.
(c) To see if he left any clues about where he is..
(d) To check out something she wonders about.

12. What color is associated with Chucha?
(a) Purple.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

13. What is one thing Anita learns about their country's leader?
(a) He is arrogant.
(b) He has no conscience.
(c) He is hypocritical.
(d) He is cruel.

14. Why do they celebrate American holidays?
(a) The students closely identify with the United States.
(b) They do not celebrate American holidays.
(c) There is one American student who it.
(d) It's a school for Americans.

15. What does Lucinda tell Susie about her upcoming birthday?
(a) It is the same day as Lucinda's birthday.
(b) It is an important one in the Dominican Republic.
(c) They won't be able to celebrate it this year.
(d) They always skip celebrating that year's birthday because of superstition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anita learn about their new housekeeper?

2. What does Oscar talk about concerning the country?

3. What are the men in dark glasses using as an excuse to search the compound?

4. What does Anita's papi explain to Anita?

5. What does Anita ask Chucha about her cousins?

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